ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,745, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BEUMER GROUP GMBH & Co. KG (Beckum, Germany).

"Loading station for an overhead conveyor with transport pouches for conveyed goods" was invented by Jurgen Neugebauer (Semriach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an overhead conveyor with transport pouches for conveyed goods, wherein the transport pouches are rotatable relative to the carrier, wherein the overhead conveyor furthermore has a loading station with a guide rail arranged below the running profile. The transport pouches, before reaching the guide rail, assume a second orientation rotated with respect to the f...